Property Rights at the University

Pursuant to the Arbeitnehmererfindergesetz – ArbErfG (Employee Inventions Act), an employer has a fundamental claim to inventions produced by their employees during the term of their employment. Employees must notify their employer of an invention immediately, in writing and in full. The employer must, in turn, decide within four months whether they wish either to claim the invention and apply for a patent or to release it to the employee. If you do not receive a response within four months, the invention is automatically and comprehensively claimed by the employer.

Members of universities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can report their invention using the form provided by the Verwertungsverbundes M-V [de].

All employee inventions that do not constitute employee inventions are deemed free inventions. Although an employer cannot claim these inventions, an employee must report them to their employer.